Person in history
Chus Lampreave
Chus Lampreave, Spanish actress (born 1930)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2016 · April 4
- Known as
- actor, film actor. Citizenship: Spain
Their story
Who they were
María Jesús Lampreave Pérez, known professionally as Chus Lampreave, was a Spanish character actress who starred in more than 70 films. She is known internationally for her roles in films by Pedro Almodóvar.
Path and career
Awards / honours: Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress, Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts, and Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress.
Career Lampreave was born in Madrid . She planned on being a painter [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and studied at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando , [ 3 ] after which she worked as an illustrator for the Aguilar  [ es ] publishing firm. [ 3 ] It had not been her intention to become an actress, [ 4 ] but was discovered by Jaime de Armiñán [ 4 ] and began appearing in films in 1959. [ 5 ]
Why this date
Chus Lampreave appears on our April 4 calendar for 2016 as a death entry.
Sources
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Questions about Chus Lampreave
When did Chus Lampreave die?
April 4 2016.
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